Home : Immigrants' Rights : Workplace Rights

Immigration “Reform” Bill Must Not Violate Privacy, Say ACLU and AFL-CIO; Urge Reforms to Protect All Workers in America (04/20/2006)
WASHINGTON – The American Civil Liberties Union and the AFL-CIO said today that any immigration reform Congress considers must not violate workers’ privacy through an intrusive, bureaucratic Employment Eligibility Verification System. The Senate is expected to address immigration when it returns next week from its Easter recess.

As Senate Immigration Bill Stalls, ACLU Calls for Much-Needed Fixes, Says Lawmakers Must Act to Protect Due Process and Privacy (04/07/2006)
WASHINGTON - As legislation to reform the nation’s immigration laws stalled in the Senate today, the American Civil Liberties Union urged lawmakers to modify that legislation to better protect privacy, judicial review and due process rights.

Federal Court in CA Blocks Government from Denying Airport Screener Jobs to Qualified Noncitizens (11/15/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge today sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and other civil rights groups in granting a court order that would allow qualified, noncitizen airport screeners to remain on the job or be considered for jobs they lost as a result of a federal law that would require all airport screeners to be United States citizens.

ACLU Hails Victory as CA Court Allows Non-Citizen Baggage Screeners to Remain Eligible for Jobs (11/13/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A federal district judge has sided with the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and a coalition of civil rights groups by ruling that their constitutional challenge to the government's exclusion of qualified non-citizen baggage screeners from eligibility for federal airport screener posts may go forward.

ACLU and Union Challenge New Citizenship Requirement for Airport Screeners (01/17/2002)
LOS ANGELES - A new federal law requiring airport screeners to be U.S. citizens is unconstitutional and discriminatory, according to a lawsuit filed today by the American Civil Liberties Union, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and nine screeners from two major California airports. 

"Let Me Serve My Country" (01/17/2002)
LOS ANGELES--My name is Jeimy Gebin. I am 21 years old and I live in Hawthorne, California with my husband and two-year old son, both of whom are U.S. citizens. I have been employed as a screener for Globe Security at Los Angeles International Airport since September 2001. I am stationed in Terminal 4 at LAX, where I provide security for passengers of American Airlines. 

Citizenship Requirement for Airport Screeners Will Not Improve Our Security (01/17/2002)
LOS ANGELES--The American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California and the Service Employees International Union, together with the National, Northern California and San Diego offices of the ACLU, the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, the National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, and the Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, have this morning filed a federal civil rights suit in District Court in Los Angeles, seeking to enjoin the citizenship requirement of the recently enacted Aviation and Transportation Security Act. 

ACLU Lauds Punishment in Immigrant Slavery Case While Urging U.S. to Address Growing Problem (07/13/2001)
OAKLAND, CA--The American Civil Liberties Union today said that the recent conviction of a man who enslaved and abused immigrant women and girls "should serve as a wake up call" to the United States and urged the government to aggressively enforce anti-trafficking, labor and housing laws.

Immigrant Workers File Federal Class Action Lawsuit Against Local 99¢ Stores, Seeking Unpaid Wages and Overtime (01/09/2001)
JERSEY CITY, NJ-- The American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey today announced the filing of a federal lawsuit on behalf of eight immigrant workers who are seeking unpaid wages and overtime from Universal Distribution Center, a local corporation that operates a chain of bargain stores throughout the New York and New Jersey region.